Summary of public comments received on Regulatory Proposal PRO2024-01, Proposed policy on continuous oversight of pesticides
Health Canada – Pest Management Regulatory Agency
14 October 2025
Comments received in response to Regulatory Proposal PRO2024-01, Proposed policy on continuous oversight of pesticides, published on 3 January 2024. These comments were taken into consideration to prepare the PMRA Policy Document, Policy on continuous oversight of pesticides.
Summary
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Introduction
Health Canada is taking steps to further improve the safety of pesticides by introducing the Continuous Oversight of Pesticides policy. This policy builds on Health Canada's Pest Management Regulatory Agency's (PMRA) existing surveillance and monitoring systems.
The objective of the PMRA's continuous oversight policy is to enhance the PMRA's ability to protect human health and the environment in Canada by proactively monitoring and considering new scientific information related to the risk characterization of pesticides throughout the pesticide lifecycle and taking appropriate regulatory action when necessary.
On 3 January 2024, the PMRA published a Regulatory Proposal and initiated a 60-day consultation on the Continuous Oversight of Pesticides Policy (PRO2024-01). The proposal outlined the PMRA's continuous oversight framework, the processes to monitor and consider new science information and the transparency objectives.
A total of thirty-two responses from organizations and individuals were received. The document Summary of public comments received on Regulatory Proposal PRO2024-01 provides a summary of the comments received and the PMRA's responses. Comments related to the PMRA science approach, risk assessment frameworks and other PMRA programs were considered beyond the scope of this consultation and are, therefore, not reflected in this document.